thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
at; in; at; when; by; with; so
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman
at; in; to; toward; to; for; because of
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
material; materials; data; information; documents
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to heat; to heat up; to get excited; to get worked up; to get fired up
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
at; in; at; when; by; with
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
combination; arrangement; distribution; (arch.) marrying off
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
writing; composition; essay; sentence
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn